{"id":316824,"date":"2026-02-11T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/call-for-action-on-kids-targeted-with-weight-loss-and-skin-lightening-ads-online\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:00:05","slug":"call-for-action-on-kids-targeted-with-weight-loss-and-skin-lightening-ads-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/call-for-action-on-kids-targeted-with-weight-loss-and-skin-lightening-ads-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for action on kids targeted with weight loss and skin lightening ads online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/E2MVtY4vTBw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Call for action on kids targeted with weight loss and skin lightening ads online\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2MVtY4vTBw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Children&#8217;s Commissioner is calling for urgent action to tackle online ads targeting children on social media which promote potentially harmful appearance changing products like weight loss drugs and skin lightening products. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Dame Rachel de Souza said many children she spoke to told her that being bombarded with content negatively affects their self esteem.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Children&#8217;s Commissioner is calling for urgent action to tackle online ads targeting children on social media which promote potentially harmful appearance changing products like weight loss drugs and skin lightening products. 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